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AMD Fan Kit: Phenom 9600 Black Edition CPU + DFI LANParty UT 790FX-M2R Mainboard (page 5)

Category: CPU

by Ilya Gavrichenkov

[ 01/22/2008 | 04:19 PM ]

DFI LANParty UT 790FX-M2R deserves being called an overclocker mainboard not only for its specifications or peculiarities, but also due to very well-designed BIOS. At first glance it seems pretty common, as it is based on Award micro-code. However, it bears the whole bunch of various settings and options. Everything an overclocker might ever need is singled out in Genue BIOS Setting section.

Here you can right away get access to clock generator frequencies that can be adjusted from 200MHz to 700MHz. The informational fields next to them report the main system voltages. All other critical settings are split into subsections.

Onboard Devices page offers to enabled/disable onboard controllers.

DRAM Configuration page sets the operational parameters for the memory controller.

MCT Memory Timing and ODC Control Mode sections offer extensive options for memory controller configuring.

It is really easy to get lost here, but luckily the board allows not only manual configuring but also automatic one. We have to say that the BIOS allows enabling/disabling the TLB-patch using a special TLB Cache Mode option.